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Mocking, contemptuous, or ironic language intended to conveyscorn or insult.
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A literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human follyand vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule.
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The locale or period in which the action of a novel, play, film,etc.,
takes place.
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A figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly
compared.
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Speech and writingcharacterized by the use of vulgar and socially
taboo vocabularyand idiomatic expressions.
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An utterance or discourse by a person who is talking to himsel for
herself or is disregardful of or oblivious to any hearers present
(often used as a device in drama to disclose a character's inner most thoughts).
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A poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea,
or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with
rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes,
being in the strict or Italian form divided into amajor group of 8
lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a
couplet.
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A person who speaks formally before an audience; lecturer; orator.
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An arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually four or more,
sometimes having a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme, forming
adivision of a poem.
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Psychology thought regarded as a succession of ideas and images constantly moving forward in time.
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A literary or dramatic character who undergoes little or no innerchange; a character who does not grow or develop.
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A simplified and standardized conception or image invested with special meaning and held in common bymembers of a group.
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A character in literature, theater, or film of a type quickly
recognized and accepted by the reader or viewer and requiring no
development by the writer.
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A particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form,appearance, or character.
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A state or condition of mental uncertainty or excitement, as in
awaiting a decision or outcome, usually accompanied by a degree of
apprehension or anxiety.
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something used for or regarded as representing something else;a
material object representing something, often something in material; emblem, token, or sign.
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The practice of representing things by symbols, or of investing things
with a symbolic meaning or character.
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mental or emotional strain; intense, suppressed suspense, anxiety, or excitement.
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a unifying or dominant idea, motif, etc., as in a work of art.
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a proposition stated or put forward for consideration, especially one to be discussed and proved or to be maintained against objections
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a particular quality, way of sounding, modulation, or intonation of the voice as expressive of some meaning, feeling, spirit.
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a dramatic composition, often in verse, dealing with a serious or somber theme, typically that of a great person destined through a flaw of character or conflict with some overpowering force, as fate or society, to downfall or destruction.
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the act or an instance of understating, or representing in a weak or restrained way that is not borne out by the facts.
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to give utterance or expression to; declare; proclaim
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the keen perception and cleverly apt expression of those connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure.
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